The Miami Marlins are mourning the death of their star pitcher Jose Fernandez in a boating accident over the weekend. He defected to the U.S. from Cuba on a boat, at the age of 15 ... after three other unsuccessful attempts to get here.
He became a U.S. citizen last year, and never hesitated to show a level of respect for his new country and its flag that this quasi-humanoid malcontent never understood:
